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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANCIS S. BENENATI,

a citizen of the United States, and a resident it will do no harm to keep it in the'oil, o allium, although specimens preserved for" to oil of plants of. the Allium fami y. animal matter is meant animal and human of Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga and State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Process for Preserving Matter, of which the following is a specification. I I have discovered that destructible matter can be preserved indefinitely and restored or partly restored to its primary condition by treating the same with oil of plants of the Alliwm family and more particularly of the Satz'vmn or garlic species.

My invention therefore has for its object a process for preserving and restoring animal and vegetable matter by applyin the;-

bodies or anatomical parts thereof and zoo logical, anatomical, pathological and biological specimens.

By vegetable matter is meant amon others, such articles, as paper, cardboar cloth, paints, painting on canvas, silk or other cloth, wood, glass and wood products, etc., which are destructible by bacteria.

One way of obtaining the oil is by macerating and grinding the bulbs or the leaves or the bulbs and the leaves and pressing the juice therefrom and filtering.

I carry out my process of preserving by treating the matter with the oil of garlic either in a volatile or fixed state and either full strength or diluted in water, and the matter may be treated by applying the oil to the surface thereof or in case of animal or human bodies by applying ity to the surface or arterially.

It is my opinion that the oil is absorbed at least in some instances by the matter being treated in whatever manner the oil is applied.

The process consists in saturating the matter or the specimen with the oil of 'allium and thereafter drying it and it is kept in dried condition until desired to restore. to its original condition, when it is restored to its original condition of pliability, etc., by immersing in water.

If the specimen is to be used'immediately future use are preferably dried. The s ecimens may however be left in the 011 of allium indefinitel The time required to saturate the speci- Speolflcation of Letters Patent.

Application filed May 81, 1918. Serial No. 287,462.

'teoi Patented Jan. 21 1919.

mens depends upon conditions such as the s ze and dens1ty or porosity of the article or specimen.

The temperature at which the process is performed is normal atmospheric tem erature, say anywhere from between the 111% and boilin temperatures.

he 011 of a1 ium' is used alone but in some instancesin which the tissues or cells collapse or distort before the allium enters them, a fixative as alcoh l or formaldehyde is used which causes the allium to enter the cells more quickly, in fact, so quickly,that such tissues are preserved by the" -oil of allium in their original conditlon for histological, etc., studies.

It 1s only necessary to use a fixative when the cells are not supported by muscular tissue. The action 0 the allium is the same 111 all cases, and it alone is the preserving agent whenabsorbed into the matter to the saturation point.

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My process is capable of wide use and has ical specimens, bugs, insects, etc., paper,,

cardboard, cloth, paints and paintings on canvas, sllk or other cloth, wood, glass, paper, china, ivory, etc.

It has also been'used to preserve inanuscripts on papyrus, parchments, and "notonly preserves the paper and parchmentbut also the matter written or printed thereon whether in ink or pencil or other'ma'terial.

to the surface of the article.

bodies the oil may be injected into the body arterially or applied to the surface thereof, or both, or. by immersion or dipping. I have also used my process for preserving e gs b dipping or immersing the eggs in of allium but not leaving them therein. After being dipped the eggs are stored dry until used when they are washed ofl and may be used in any manner that fresh eggs canbe used. As the oil of allium acts as a germicidal agent to kill the bacteria which would destroy or change the i In the case of paintings, paper, papyrus, parchments, manuscripts, etc., it is applied condition of the eg it does not act merely as a coatin to exc ude air or the elements. In fact, have discovered that my process of preserving is capable of wide use.

In any of the various uses, the preserving 'of the various articles is not due solely to fact that the oil of allium excludes or protects the article from the elements but is lar ely due to the ermicidal, restorative, anf healing power 0 the allium itself.

Histolo cal, pathological, biological and anatomica specimens when treated by my process can be restored to their natural liability, condition and volume for histological, pathological, biological and anatomical studies.

Obviously, this in itself is a great advanas by my process shipping space can be ta 0 re uced as it is not necessary to ship the articles or keep them stored untiluis'ed, in c'mnbersome jars containing a preserving liquid. v

What/I claim is I I 1. The process of preserving animal or vegetable matter consisting in saturating such matter with an agentcontaining oil of a plant of the Allz'wn family.

iaeaeoi 2. lhe process of preserving animal or vegetable matter consisting in saturating such matter with an agent containing a signed my name, at Syracuse, in the county 30 lant of the Allium amily,

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or" Ononda a, and State of New York, this 29th day of: May, 1918.

FRANCIS s. BENENATJI. 

